Heel



Patented July 14, 192.5.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH M. OZEE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HEEL.

Application filed March 21, 1924. Serial No. 700,806.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH M. Oznn, a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at the city of St. Louis, in the State readily interchangeable.

\Vhile primarily intended to be embodied in a heel having a rubber bottom section, the invention is adapted for use wherever the bottom section of the heel is desired tobe readily removable and interchangeable.

Other objects of my invention will be apparent from the following description.

Drawings.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the upper metallic heel plate employed in my invention.

F ig. 2 is a similar View of the bottom heel plate.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the heel in place,taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

Description.

As shown in the drawings, the upper plate 5 is mounted within the heel of the shoe, and is perforated by the central screw hole 6 and several rivet holes 7. Beneath the sole 8 the fixed lift or heel-base 9 is mounted, being secured in place by rivets 10, which extend through the intermediate metallic plate 11, on the bottom of the lift 9.

The metallic plate 11 is identical in contour with plate 5 as shown in Fig. 1, except that it is provided with the depending studs 12 as shown in Fig. 3.

The bottom-section or removable heel-lift 13 is provided on its upper face with the metallic plate 1 1 having perforations 15 to engage with the studs 12; the plate 14 also has punched from it, as indicated by the apertures 16, the depending claws 17, which are imbedded in the composition of which the bottom-section 13 is formed, as indicated in Fig. 4.

Plate 14 has a center perforation 18 as shown in Fig. 2, beneath and concentric with which is a screw-seat, illustrated as the nut 19, preferably welded to the lower face of the plate 14, and contained in the recess 20 formed in the bottom-section 13.

The parts thus described being assembled as shown in Fig. 4, the screw 21 is inserted through the hole 6 in plate 5, passes through the sole 8, heel-base 9, and plate 11 and through the hole 18 into the nut 19, into which it is tightly screwed to hold the bot tom-section 13 securely in place; and by being unscrewed from said nut 19 the bottom section 13 is released from its seat.

When, by reason of the wear upon either side of the heels, resulting in the run-over of either of the two bottom-sections 13 on the shoes of the wearer, it is desired to interchange said bottom-sections 13, said lifts 13 are disengaged by unscrewing the screws 21 and reseating the bottom-sections 13, each on the other shoe.

Rotation of the bottom-section 13 when sea-ted is prevented by the engagement of the studs 1212 with the perforations 15 in the plate 14.

. Claim.

Having thus described my invention, I clai1n-- A heel comprising a combination, an inner metallic plate contoured to fill the heel of a shoe having a sole; a heel-base having a bottom metallic plate and secured to said sole by securing means connecting said plates; a bottom-section having a. top plate arranged to be centrally and movablysecured to said heel base-by means of a screw connecting said top-plate and inner plate; and engaging means extending from the bottom of the heel-base into the top of the bottom-sectionto prevent rotation of the latter when mounted in position for use.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

JosEPHM. OZEE. 

